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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Sep 1928, p. 29

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S.e ptember 28, 1928 WILMFT. TE LIFE Chicago Scout Digs Up Indian Relics at Camp Henry .Feingold, 14 years old, Hyde Park, Ch1cago, a Boy Scout, is the dis:. coverer of a prize colJection of Indian relics, making up a cunningly hidden buried treasure which he dug upon the ~-- shore of Crystal .Lake at Camp West, one of the Owassippee group of Boy Scout camps near :Muskegon, Mich. Among the relics are a grass basket, ~ two-pound nugget of native copper, an Indian medicine bag, two arrow· heads and two hand-carved wooden spoons or ladles which were buried. .. I THE MAN WHO COUNTS Honor Roosevelt in Tree Planting ·:It is not the critic nor the man who , pomts out how the strong man stumR.ites Next Month . bles, or where the doer of deeds coutd have done better. ·Th~ credit belongs Representatives of the north shore Scout troops of the north shore towns will participate in the tree planting . ceremony Satur?a~ mormng, October 27, at. the .Cabm-m-the-Woods as a memonal tnbute to Theodore Roosevelt on the anniversar~ of his birthday. Fo~estry conservation a n d tree plantmg have become important phases in the · community strvice of Scout troops all over the country. Members of the 1ohn Burroughs Boy Scout troop. of Utica, N. Y ..' planted ~.000 tree~ m Roscv~ Conkhng Park m that ctty last spnng. To provide future ·.shade for their camp, Boy Scouts of Monroe, La., set out 5,000 long-leaf pine seedlings. The trees were planted 6 feet apart in trenches excavated by machines. This constitutes the record for the larp:est number of trees planted by Boy Scout·~ in Louisiana. The State Forestry department of Georgia distributed 200 ·california redwood seedlings to Boy Scout Troops, schools and city parks to be planted for experimental purposes and to determine whether locations may be found in the State entirely suitable for their growth. Thousands of Boy Scouts in various parts of Pennsylvania are engaged in tree planting. Scouts 'of Shamokin. Pa., established a tree plantation of 1.000 white pines and 1,000 Scotch pines. The trees were obtained through the State department of forests. and waters and distributed over a 5 acre tract. Boy Scouts of Watertown, N. Y., pl~nterl 10,000 trees in the vicinity of their Scout camp at Lake Bonaparte under the direction of 1ohn Keib, forester for the Northern New York Utilities. to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by du-st and sweat; who. striv~s valiantl~; who errs and may fatl agam and agam because there is no effort without ~rror anti shortcoming, but who does actually s_trive to do the deeds· who does know. the great enthusiasm', the great devottot:t; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows he fails, at least 'fails while ' daring greatly, so that hi·s place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat," -by Theodore Roosevelt, in Boy Scout Bulletin. The Education Committee of the Winnetka Woman's Club announces the re-optning of M. Georges Cauuets School of Languages. La Francaise classes for French of all grades will be formed. Mondays 9:oo and 1o:oo A. M., advanced pupils. Thursdays, int~r mediate and beginners. hours to be announced . Classes in Italian, Getman or Spanish will be formed on application of ten pupils. For further information inquire of Mra. J. R. Fletcher. Telephone Winnetka 2805, Arthur Goodman, Winnetka, Mrs. Arthur Davis, Glencoe and Mrs. George French, Winnetka. ·The North Shore School of Concentration Suite 101-544 Chestnut St.· Winnetka Telephone 1077 Winnetka 4545 BROADWAY CHICAGO . SUNNYSIDE 5309 HONOR GEN. GRANT Two Boy Scouts, T0r1 1 :Morgan aud Stanley Grimm of Galena, I1L, General Grant's old home, recently gathered leaves from two trees, one on the General's birthplace .md the other on his later Galena home-.;tead, wove them into a wreath and la st week deposited the token in the memorial tomb on Riverside Drive, New York City. Prtpares students for eastern schools and universities. Classes or individual tutoring in all brancbu by ·teachers of outstanding ability and experience. I FALL TERM OPENS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH B. F. ANDERSON SWEDELIUS, PH. D., Principal GRACE SERCOMB, B. A.· A11't PtincipGI Both for years with Miss Harris' Schools. AID CONVENTION VISITORS a heavy rain which occurred on the first dav of the convention of the National Real Estate board at Louisville, Ky., early in the summer, more than 200 uniformed Scouts were on hand to welcome the visitors and to act as their guides. The Scouts served as messengers, guides and pages. They served for 5 days without pay even and were he:1rtily commended hy the realtors. was presented to President Coolidge by the Salon Springs, Wi5., Boy Scouts recently. De~pite Located in the Heart of Evanston Overlooking Northwestern Univenity Campus and Lake Michigan Light-Airy-Ciaas rooms. Thoroughly planned curriculum. F acuity of only profeasional artists. Under the direction of Carl Scheffler. DRAWING PAINTING DESIGN ILLUSTRATION ADVERTISING CRAFTS INTERIOR STAGE ART Send for Illustrated Catalog GIFT FOR COOLIDGE A handsome canoe paddle inlaid with wood from the Al~onquin, the first steamboat to ply on the Great Lakes, ~,,,,,TU'T'O'R'i'N'G""' I THE EVANSTON ACADEMY - W ~ l ter Spry PIANIST -PEDAGOGUE Special arrangements have been made by the Columbia School of Music for the eminent pianistpedagogue, Walter Spry, to teach Wednesdays and Saturdays in Winnetka. SCHOOL ··· ~ OF FINE ARTS 636 CHURCH STREET EVANSTON ILL. PHONE.GAEENLEAF 1674 -· COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC Winnetka Branch 545 Lincoln Avenue Phone Winnetka 9 7 4 Individual instruction by Mrs. Heaps and her assistants in all subjects from the first grade through high school and college. ISABEL WARRINGTON C OLUMBIA SCHOOLOF 28TH YEAR Wilmette Branch HE'APS formerlv of Rovccmore Upper School MUSIC " Read the Want Ads - 8 1 4 RIDGE TERRACE, EVANSTON Tel. University 4198 ;llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllj; 627 11th St.t Phone "3612 TEACHERS IN CHARGE North Shore Montessori School 761 CHERRY STREET, WINNETKA will begin its For children trom 3 to IS years, 1 3th year on Wednesday the 3rd of October, 1918 ANNA CHINLUND LAURA COUPLAND KATHERINE HEDGLIN MISS DOROTHY SEARS 4 17 WARWICK ROAD, K~NILWORTH TEL. KEN. 16 3 Main School, 509 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago

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